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Financial Times:
US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing — Donald Trump's administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow — US officials stepped up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries and threatened …
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Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Boosting US oil supplies with Russian diesel unlikely to have much impact on prices, experts say — A new pact that calls for Russia to boost the U.S. supply of diesel over the next few months is unlikely to make a dent in painfully high prices at the pump or elsewhere, energy policy experts say.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. official: Trump cut deal with Putin after Zelensky ignored his requests — President Trump decided to make a diesel fuel deal with Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignored half a dozen U.S. requests to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, a U.S. official with direct knowledge told Axios.
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Marianne Gros / Politico:
Strikes killing 17 are Russia's ‘thanks’ for US diesel sanctions lift, Zelenskyy says
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel — What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel — What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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Ross Ibbetson / Daily Mail:
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russian tyrant agrees to ‘immediately supply US with 300,000 tons of diesel’
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russian tyrant agrees to ‘immediately supply US with 300,000 tons of diesel’
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CNBC, Associated Press and The Parnas Perspective
CBS News:
Russian strikes kill at least 15 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow
Russian strikes kill at least 15 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow
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NewsMax.com, Trump's Truth and Al Jazeera
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Zelensky tells Axios Trump's diesel deal with Putin “not fair and not honest”
Exclusive: Zelensky tells Axios Trump's diesel deal with Putin “not fair and not honest”
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
Washington Post:
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices
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J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
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CNBC, Reuters and Al Jazeera
New York Times:
Economic Pain and an Unpopular Trump Put G.O.P. on its Heels With Three Weeks to Go — Inflation has hurt Americans at many levels: Farmers, truckers, consumers. It has also expanded the electoral map into what was safely Republican country just a few months ago.
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
The Midterm Senate Fight Spreads to a Surprising New Battleground
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New Republic, Politico, NewsMax.com and National Review
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Why former Republican governors are backing a Democrat for Senate in a red state
Why former Republican governors are backing a Democrat for Senate in a red state
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New York Times and Bloomberg
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party's Senate hopes
Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party's Senate hopes
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MS NOW and Montana Free Press
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘should have won’ Nobel Peace Prize, award is ‘forever discredited’ — President Trump argued Friday that he should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize over this year's Nobel laureate, former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Navi Pillay.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump rages over Nobel Peace Prize loss … - This year's prize went instead to a former judge of a court Trump has sanctioned and called “rogue” and “evil.” — Navi Pillay, the winner, reacted to the award by saying world leaders have a “legal obligation to protect human rights and refrain from war,” according to the AP.
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The Guardian, Newsweek and Breitbart
Bloomberg:
Trump Warns Norway He Won't Forget Nobel Peace Prize Snub — President Donald Trump fumed at the Norwegian committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the fact it didn't go to him “is just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country.”
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Haley Britzky / CNN:
Army caught off guard by Hegseth's order to make firing squad execution public — Pete Hegseth Federal agencies US military Media — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across …
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Washington Post:
Asked if he approved live-streaming execution, Trump says ‘absolutely’ — The Pentagon said this week that the execution by firing squad, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be live-streamed for the public to watch. — SummaryLoading... Asked Friday whether he had personally authorized or approved …
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New York Times:
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website — The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior. — Artificial intelligence agents created …
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New York Post:
‘Criminal illegal’ migrant shot by ICE has rap sheet of alarming crimes — and is ‘absolutely not’ a New Yorker: neighbors — The Dominican Republic native shot by ICE agents in The Bronx was a migrant with an alarming rap sheet — who apparently benefited from New York's lax bail and sanctuary laws …
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Erik Uebelacker / Courthouse News Service:
NYC man shot by ICE still has bullet in body, lawyers say
NYC man shot by ICE still has bullet in body, lawyers say
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA's Political Gravestone — With a bit of luck, this midterm election could finally break what we might call the Myth of Multiracial MAGA. That pervasive notion held that Trump's 2024 gains with Latinos heralded the birth of a new multiethnic …
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
Rep. Max Miller's Girlfriend Was Just Indicted — A grand jury formally charged Jaclyn Alatrash, the congressman's partner of nearly two years, with grand theft. — On Thursday, the woman Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been dating for nearly two years was indicted by a grand jury on three criminal counts:
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Ben Wikler / New York Times:
Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. — The stakes in November's midterms aren't merely about who will hold power over the next two years. Some of this year's elections will also determine who oversees the presidential election in 2028.
Joe Brandt / CBS News:
2 Philadelphia police officers shot, suspect in custody — Two Philadelphia police officers were rushed to hospitals Saturday morning after a gunman shot them multiple times, officials said. — The shooting happened around 1 a.m. on the 100 block of North 52nd Street in West Philadelphia.
New York Times:
Katie Zacharia Picked as the New White House Press Secretary — Ms. Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt. — Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security …
Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Elon Musk's PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say — The texts from Elon Musk's super PAC arrived last week, all with the same message to a group of Colorado voters: “Your ballot request is in,” they read. “Confirm now where and when to return it.”
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
International Criminal Court ‘firmly rejects’ new US sanctions — The International Criminal Court (ICC) strongly pushed back on Friday after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on its financial assets, slamming the move as “an assault on the rule of law.” — ICC President Tomoko Akane …
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John Fritze / CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to revive his 2016 election lawsuit against Hillary Clinton — US elections Donald Trump Supreme Court Trump legal cases — President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Friday to wade into his years long legal battle with former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton …
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
A small-town Alaska fisherman has Republicans on the defensive as they try to keep US House majority — In the thick of Alaska's primary election season this summer, independent Bill Hill took a break from his U.S. House campaign to return home to Bristol Bay.
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Los Angeles Times:
Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say — 4 min Click here to listen to this article — An off-duty ICE agent was shot in Fresno after he was found sleeping on a lawn, then allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old man, authorities said.
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Daniella Cheslow / Politico:
Trump administration opposes all options for new UN chief — and wants new candidates — The Trump administration opposes all of the current crop of contenders to lead the United Nations — saying that none of them are sufficiently on board with President Donald Trump's worldview and desire …
Wall Street Journal:
Kalshi Examines Bets on Trump's Pick for New White House Press Secretary — The prediction market is looking into a series of trades that correctly predicted the appointment of Katie Zacharia, who wasn't previously seen as a front-runner — Prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation …
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